Qatar makes bid for Northwest water

If there’s one thing Aberdeen has, it’s water. Coming from the sky in the form of rain and, more importantly, coming out of its industrial pipelines and reservoirs. And a company with ties to the Middle East has approached the city about buying huge quantities of water, Public Works Director Larry Bledsoe told the Aberdeen City Council Wednesday night. Bledsoe said this morning that the Gulf Pacific Rim Group from Doha, Qatar, has made official inquiries with him to purchase upward of 30 million gallons of water per day, probably even more. The Middle Eastern company has contracted with a Renton outfit to start negotiations. Bledsoe said the City of Aberdeen has more than enough water to spare, especially with the closure of Weyerhaeuser’s pulp mill in Cosmopolis, which used 30 million gallons per day...DailyWorld